Voices from the Time of Slavery: Fountain Hughes




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Voices from the Time of Slavery: Fountain Hughes

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Fountain Hughes, a former slave, is interviewed by his nephew Herman Norwood in June of 1949. In this segment, Mr. Hughes gives his nephew some valuable advice. To view this and other free roots-related videos online, please visit Roots Television at www.rootstelevision.com

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mbuttie

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black, genealogy, family, history, slave, slavery, africa, african, american, fountain, hughes, oral, interview, library, roots, tree,

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